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DES MOINES, IA – President Barack Obama delivered one of his most direct attacks against Mitt Romney here Thursday night, painting Romney as an out-of-touch corporate raider.




With the courts likely deciding the constitutionality of these laws, it's not yet clear how the leaders will persuade the conservative base to get mobilized on gay marriage.With the courts likely deciding the constitutionality of these laws, it's not yet clear how the leaders will persuade the conservative base to get mobilized on gay marriage.






text Facebook's bungled IPO ticks off investors
Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:47 GMT

With individual investors losing hundreds of millions of dollars in Facebook’s IPO, experts say the bungled offering could increase the disgust individual investors feel for the stock market. With individual investors losing hundreds of millions of dollars in Facebook’s IPO, experts say the bungled offering could increase the disgust individual investors feel for the stock market.






You might have seen recently that iconic retailer JC Penney is slumping badly. You almost certainly have seen the reason why: A massive, creative and aggressive new advertising and pricing campaign that promises simplified prices.



text After protest, Amazon workers finally get AC
Fri, 25 May 2012 17:39:35 GMT
When protesters at Amazon.com's annual meeting blasted the e-commerce giant for subjecting warehouse workers to triple-digit temperatures, company executives were the ones feeling the heat.



A Japanese man’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle that washed up in western Canada more than a year after it was swept away will be preserved in a Harley museum in the U.S.A Japanese man’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle that washed up in western Canada more than a year after it was swept away will be preserved in a Harley museum in the U.S.






text Mom of 3 abandoned kids found, police say
Fri, 25 May 2012 21:33:44 GMT

The mother of three children found abandoned in a shed in Portland, Ore., on Thursday has been located, police said.The mother of three children found abandoned in a shed in Portland, Ore., on Thursday has been located, police said.






Police tactical officers stormed into an office building in Valparaiso, Ind., late Friday afternoon shortly after a gunman released the last of his several hostages and then shot himself twice in the head.



text Etan Patz case: NJ man charged with murder
Fri, 25 May 2012 22:14:03 GMT
A former bodega stock clerk is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz three decades ago.



Three African-American workers at a Siemens Energy facility have filed discrimination charges after they said years of racial harassment culminated in their finding a noose hanging in front of their lockers.



text Unruly passenger arrested at Miami airport
Fri, 25 May 2012 16:03:49 GMT
A passenger on a Miami-bound flight from Jamaica was arrested at Miami International Airport Friday morning after he became unruly, officials said.



Former high school football start Brian Banks said he's "happy to be free" after a California judge exonerated him of a 2003 rape conviction because his accuser recanted her testimony.



text 'Stinky' wildfire smoke invades Albuquerque
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:29:02 GMT

Smoke from a huge New Mexico wildfire is seen on Monday. By Friday smoke, and its smell, had reached Albuquerque some 170 miles away.Critical fire conditions across the Southwest included New Mexico, where a massive wildfire destroyed a dozen homes and left a smoky haze over Albuquerque that one weatherman described as "stinky."






The main cabin door of a jet detached and plummeted onto a golf course in Hallandale Beach Wednesday, officials said.



Eight hours of audio never before heard by law enforcement has been requested by the Los Angeles Police Department, and it could link followers of the Manson Family to unsolved murders.



Gabriela Cedillo's was driving a stunt vehicle for an action sequence in"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" when she was struck with a piece of metal — left brain-damaged and with severe injuries.



text Stern sidekick Robin Quivers has surgery
Fri, 25 May 2012 16:00:02 GMT

Robin Quivers, Howard Stern’s longtime radio wing-woman, announced last week that she would be undergoing Robin Quivers, Howard Stern’s longtime radio wing-woman, announced last week that she would be undergoing "a procedure" to remove a newly discovered tumor on her bladder, a procedure that reportedly was performed on Wednesday, May 23.






text Charity that Sandusky founded seeks to fold
Fri, 25 May 2012 16:23:19 GMT

The Second Mile is seeking to transfer its operations to a Texas-based nonprofit, saying its association with the man at the center of a child sex abuse case undercut its support.The Second Mile is seeking to transfer its operations to a Texas-based nonprofit, saying its association with the man at the center of a child sex abuse case undercut its support.






text Hurricane Bud nears Puerto Vallarta
Fri, 25 May 2012 20:09:17 GMT

A man stares at the sea in Barra de Navidad, Mexico, on Friday as Hurricane Bud nearedHurricane Bud lost strength as it moved closer to Mexico's Pacific Coast and was forecast to hit land south of the popular tourist town of Puerto Vallarta Friday night.






The Abbey nightclub in West Hollywood, Calif., regularly welcomes customers who are not gay. But operators say there will be an exception to that policy until same-sex marriage is legal across the land.



Cows on the loose in Boxford, Mass., reportedly crashed a backyard party and went right for the beer. "They enjoyed it. There’s no doubt about it.



On May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary. Sullivan’s offbeat images of the San Francisco icon offer a refreshing perspective on the much photographed bridge.On May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge celebrates its 75th anniversary. Sullivan’s offbeat images of the San Francisco icon offer a refreshing perspective on the much photographed bridge.






A Senate panel expressed its outrage Thursday over Pakistan's conviction of a doctor who helped the United States track down Osama bin Laden, voting to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 million — $1 million for every year of the physician's 33-year sentence for high treason.



text America's best beaches for 2012
Fri, 25 May 2012 21:49:13 GMT

This year, the top honor goes to Coronado Beach near San Diego, Calif., according to Stephen Leatherman, aka This year, the top honor goes to Coronado Beach near San Diego, Calif., according to Stephen Leatherman, aka "Dr. Beach."






Cleanup workers will on Friday attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.Cleanup workers will on Friday attack a jumble of debris from Japan's 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for everything from buoys to building material that has floated across the Pacific.






A radical leftist tipped to become Greece's next prime minister says his country is involved in a "Cold War" over austerity measures with Germany and the U.K.



Two months after scaling at 13-foot-high fence to escape a Tokyo aquarium, Japan's now-famous fugitive penguin has reportedly been nabbed.Two months after scaling at 13-foot-high fence to escape a Tokyo aquarium, Japan's now-famous fugitive penguin has reportedly been nabbed.






MAINZ, Germany -- Only one-in-six Germans can recall a moment in which they felt truly happy, according to a new survey. The poll also suggests that many Germans feel weighed down by the financial crisis in Europe -- despite the fact the country enjoys a record of solid growth.MAINZ, Germany -- Only one-in-six Germans can recall a moment in which they felt truly happy, according to a new survey. The poll also suggests that many Germans feel weighed down by the financial crisis in Europe -- despite the fact the country enjoys a record of solid growth.






text Space station grabs 'Dragon by the tail'
Fri, 25 May 2012 13:18:11 GMT

Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The International Space Station's crew brings in SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule for the orbital outpost's first-ever hookup with a commercial spaceship.Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: The International Space Station's crew brings in SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule for the orbital outpost's first-ever hookup with a commercial spaceship.






text Car sales may be pulling into the slow lane
Fri, 25 May 2012 13:53:20 GMT
Rising car sales have been helping to drive the recovery by offsetting slow housing demand and weak job growth. But those factors may now be giving car buyers the jitters.



The German Medical Association issued a remarkably blunt and straightforward apology Wednesday for the role it played during the Holocaust in the mass murder and barbaric medical experiments done on Jews and many other groups. It may be the most important apology made in the name of medicine, writes bioethicist Dr. Arthur Caplan.